Role of the alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (ahpCF) gene in oxidative stress defense of the obligate anaerobe Bacteroides fragilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5701-5710

  Rocha, Edson R ^a   Smith, C Jeffrey ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYL HYDROPEROXIDE REDUCTASE; BACTERIAL RNA; FUSIDIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; OXYGEN; PEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLAN 1,4 BETA XYLOSIDASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032851571     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.18.5701-5710.1999     Document Type: Article

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